PND Welcomes Two New Alaska Employees
Isaac Stark, EIT, has joined PND’s Juneau office as a Staff Engineer. Taylor Mortensen, EIT, is a lifelong Alaskan and graduate of West Anchorage High School.
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Governor Dunleavy Signs Senate Bill 16
Governor Michael Dunleavy signed Senate Bill 16 which expands license types under Title 4 of the state’s alcohol license laws. This bill allows alcohol service in areas that had previously operated under a recreational site license before the Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Board denied licenses they deemed to be operating contrary to state law.
Municipality of Anchorage Unveils Alaska’s Largest Rooftop Solar Array
Mayor Ethan Berkowitz unveiled the city’s largest solar project to date, the installation of 216 solar panels on top of the Egan Center in Anchorage.
McVaney Joins Cornerstone as Cost Estimator
Cornerstone General Contractors welcomed Justin McVaney to their cost estimating team. McVaney brings more than eighteen years of experience in construction and will be responsible for supporting Cornerstone’s estimating operations and leveraging data analytics in estimating and contract performance.
Rasskazov Joins KPMG’s Anchorage Office
Alex Rasskazov has joined KPMG as a new Tax Managing Director in the firm’s Anchorage office.
Trilogy Metals Provides Update on Project Activities
Trilogy Metals Inc. provided a recent update on its current project activities. Drilling and technical activities have commenced at both the Arctic and Bornite Projects which are within the company’s wholly-owned Upper Kobuk Mineral Projects located in Northwest Alaska.
Governor’s Vetoes Likely to Halt or Reverse Alaska’s Economic Recovery
ISER’s Mouhcine Guettabi gave a presentation on the economic impacts of Governor Dunleavy’s veto of $409 million from the state budget at the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce’s “Make it Monday,” telling the audience that employment losses from cuts will exceed any gains that have been realized during Alaska’s fragile economic recovery of the last few months.
New Financing Program for Alaska Shipyards
The Alaska Ship Home-porting for Improvements Program will offer 6-month to 24-month financing exclusively for ship repair, conversion, and maintenance work in support of increasing the competitiveness of Alaska shipyards.
Alaska LNG Draft EIS Released
The proposed Alaska LNG project would damage some areas of permafrost and wetlands and could affect migrating caribou and six endangered or threatened wildlife species according to the federal draft environmental impact statement released June 28.
New Ties for Alaska Railroad
The Alaska Railroad Corporation and the Alaska to Alberta Railway Development Corporation have established a Master Agreement of Cooperation toward building a 1,500-mile connection between the Alaska Railroad and Canadian railroads that also serve the Lower 48 states.